Meow Cosmetics’ Guilty Pleasures collection

I usually gravitate toward richer colors, so was a bit surprised that I liked the Simple Pleasures palette more than the Guilty Pleasures. (I think it’s because of all the yellow-toned colors in the Guilty palette. I don’t like how most bright-yellow-toned shades look on me.) The colors...

Silk Naturals’ Linen

Beauty from the Earth’s Shopaholic

Another strong yellow eyeshadow! (There aren't always enough of them. Or they're more gold than yellow. And here are two, from the same company, and they're both part of the regular lineup.) If you can't wear bright-warm-toned eyeshadows easily, you may have some problems with this one.

Meow Cosmetics’ TTYL

Not all of the colors from the Wild Child collection actually have even coverage. Some are pretty, but mostly microglitter. This shade does have color payoff and fairly even coverage, and is an attractive medium melon-coral color to boot. Difficult to beat that…

Meow Cosmetics’ Scarlet Ribbon

I like this color…but I wish that it looked more like what's in the pot, than it does when actually applied. There's plenty of pigmentation, but the shade loses some depth and intensity. That said, it isn't washed out to a complete pastel pink, and it isn't near-invisible or...

Meow Cosmetics’ Skeptic

One of the first colors from the Friday the 13th collection to catch my eye. I wish the base blue color was a little deeper, because it would look a bit more dramatic; but this looks nice paired with a dark navy or purple eyeshadow. I can get some interesting...

Sally Hansen’s Scarab

Very little duochrome to this color. It's pretty enough, and it applies evenly, but it takes four coats for full coverage and there's not much color-change going on. Part of this may have to do with green and blue being so similar to each other anyway - you're not sure...

Aromaleigh v2’s Tianna

Shifts between grey and greyed lilac, depending on the lighting and colors used with it. In that respect, it reminds me a bit of Bare Escentuals' Marquise. The pigmentation on Tianna is a little better, but the finish is a bit more granular . Tianna also has the tendency to thin...

Maybelline’s Too Cool Color Tattoo cream shadow

This was part of the original collection. I sidestepped it originally, in favor of the bright colors that we weren't getting from elsewhere (like Edgy Emerald and Pomegranite Punk) and then later on wasn't all that thrilled at picking up a white frost-finish cream shadow. Sales make one decide the...

Saturday Soundtrack: Buckaroo Banzai End Credits (Michael Boddicker)

It's been in my head all week, and now it's in yours. You are welcome. (Work, work, work.)